Heat-shield for radiators.



No. 800,636. PATENTED 00w. 3, 1905. E. M. FANCHER. HEAT SHIELD FOR RADIATORS.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 1,1904.

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EUGENE M. FANCH ER'OF cnicn'eo, iimmois. HEAT-SHIELD FOR HADIATORS- v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905'.

Application at July 1.19M. we No. 214,975.

cooked or burned by coming in contact with the heated radiator and carried upward by the heated air-current and adhering to adjacent wall or other condensing-surface'they subsequently strike against. The dirt and dust discoloration thus caused is not, therefore, confined to the wall. but includes the shield as well. Where this shield is of sheet metal. they are usually made sort of hood shape and painted, and besides not being susceptible of a very graceful design soon become' discolored and tarnished. When the radiators are in- .closed in an open-work cast-metal casing, a

marble or stone slab is placed on top thereof over the radiator and while susceptible of considerable ornamentation soon becomes a. receptacle for an accumulation of dust and dirt, which pollutes the atmosphere to an extent worse than if the radiator was unprotected.

The object of my invention is to provide a shield which is neatand highly effective, which can be raised to the desired angleto throw the rising currents ofdust laden heated air outward into the room away from the adjacent wall when the radiator is in use, can be easily wiped or dusted when soiled without rusting or tarnishing, can be lowered to a horizontal position and used as a'shelf or bracket when the radiator is not in use, and at all times per.-

.mits the radiator-coils to beseen'and creates an impression of airines's and cleanliness.

This I accomplish by the means hereinafter fully described and as particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings,

a steam or hot-water heating system,

,Fig. 2 is an end with a tapped hole in in position Figure .1 is a perspective portion of the radiator of showing"? my improvements in connection therewith.

edge view of my invention. Fig. 3 is'a side view of one of the sections or branches of the hinged bracket used in connection therewith. Fig. 4 is a front View of one endofmy invention. Fig. -5 is a trans verse section taken on dotted line 5 5, Fig. 2.

Inthe drawings, A represents the radiator or other heat-generator, and B represents a V plate-glass shield, preferably of a rectangular shape, of a length slightly exceeding the length of the radiator and of a width suficient to enable it toproject from the adgacent wall back of the said radiator out over the same when in the raised 'or inclined position shown in Fig. 1. This glass shield is loosely supported upon the outwardly-projecting able branch C of a bracket whose perpendicir lar branch The rear end of branch 0, which articulate. the upper end of branch D of the break: ets, is provided with a. rosette-ratchet c in its side facing branch'D, and branch D vided with a similar ratchet, which is engaged thereby. A-screw 03, passing through a suit able smooth 'hole in the vertical branch D into ratchet c, secures these branches together. By

loosening these screws the brackets can be ad justed, as desired, in a'position similar to that shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 2 of the drawings, and

by tightening said screw, so as to cause the ratchets to intermesh, the shield will he held in its adjusted position. i

What I claim as new is The combination with a radiator, of ashieid comprising a plate of glass, and hinged brackets consisting of stationary screw plate branches secured to asuitable support, and

branch 0, concentric with adjust 7 D corresponds with branch C and is secured by screws or otherwise to the wall.-

is probranches upon which said glass is supported over said radiator, each branch having a rosette-ratchet in itsside which in. termeshes with a similar ratchet in the engaged sideof the upper end of said wall branches, and a screw pivotally connecting said branches concentric with said ratchets.

In testimony" whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of May, A. D. 1904b EUGENE M. FANCHER.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. TnoMa'soN, E. K. LUNDY. 

